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Chicago-based JLL announced it is buying HFF, Inc. in a $2 billion cash and stock deal. We wonder whether HFF management was so distraught after the seniors housing team jumped ship two months ago that they just had to sell. All kidding aside, the combination of these two firms will create one sizable company that will compete on many fronts. Read More »
New Team at Newmark
Fresh off a banner year that included over $2.5 billion of closed transactions (including well over $1 billion in December closings alone), the HFF seniors housing and healthcare team that includes Ryan Maconachy, Chad Lavender, David Fasano, Ross Sanders and Sarah Anderson has moved over to Newmark Knight Frank. For Newmark, they get a team that has closed over $42 billion in healthcare and senior care investment sales, plus the more than $7 billion in financing that Ms. Anderson has arranged over the years. There is no reason to think the team can’t continue that impressive haul now they are at Newmark. It’s quite the get for Newmark, we have to say. Read More »
Bridge Investment Group Bags Benton House Portfolio
HFF used all of their Southeast expertise to sell an assisted living portfolio located in Georgia (3), Florida and South Carolina. The communities were previously owned by Principal Senior Living Group (PSLG) and operated under the Benton House brand. They were built between 2014 and 2018 and featured strong occupancy, except for the brand-new South Carolina community that was still in lease-up. Close to a third of the 326 units were reserved for memory care residents. Bridge Investment Group paid approximately $79 million, or over $240,000 per unit, for the portfolio, which will continue to operate under the Benton House brand. Ross Sanders and David Fasano along with senior managing... Read More »